Press Release
BREAKING NEWS FOR THIS SUMMERS SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND TOUR!

Fresh off 2 sold out farewell performances at The Starland Ballroom, the fine people of NJ weren't ready to let their home state heroes go just yet.

E.town Concrete returns to the venue one last time this summer as part of the Sounds Of The Underground Tour 2006. An idea that started as an internet rumor quickly gained support among the groups dedicated fan base.

"It was really our fans who made the decision." explains vocalist Anthony Martini, "the rumor was posted on a message board somewhere and the next thing you know, the SOTU organizers were contacting me. We weren't even going to do it, but I'd gotten literally hundreds of emails begging us to play one more time. It was truly overwhelming." The people have spoken and the band was listening. Catch E.town one last time as they ride off into the sunset on July 15th in Sayreville, NJ at Starland Ballroom; with another SOTU addition; Trustkill’s latest signing This Is Hell.

Also, MACHINE HEAD, CONVERGE, VISION OF DISORDER, HORSE THE BAND AND OTHER SPECIAL GUESTS JOIN AS I LAY DYING, IN FLAMES, TRIVIUM, CANNIBAL CORPSE, GWAR, TERROR, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, BEHEMOTH, THE CHARIOT,THROUGH THE EYES OF THE DEAD, EVERGREEN TERRACE FOR THE SUMMER'S HOTTEST INDIE METAL TOUR, THE SECOND ANNUAL SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND!

Bands representing all points along the hardcore and metal spectrums have been added to this year's SOUNDS OF THE UNDERGROUND tour.  The tour, which represents some of the best independent-minded music available today, begins appropriately over the Independence Day holiday week, on July 8 in Cleveland and runs through August 12 winding up in Universal City, California.

Joining the tour on...

 July 8 - July 23 =  Horse the Band, one of the most visceral bands to blend screamo and noise, will be on the tour from its launch until July 23 in San Antonio, TX (with the exception of July 12 in Montreal).  

July 9 - July 17 = Converge, one of the leading voices in hardcore, will play seven shows starting July 9 in Tinley Park, Illinois and running through July 17 in Columbia, Maryland.  (with the exception of July 12 in Montreal).  

July 26 - 29 =  Job for a Cowboy will take the SOTU stage July 26 in Mesa, Arizona and will play three shows, ending July 29 in Mountain View, California.  

July 26 & July 28 = Shadows Fall, modern metalcore band, It Dies Today and metal upstarts, Still Remains (7/26 Mesa, AZ. & 7/28 San Diego, CA.)

July 29 - August 5 = Bay area metal titans Machine Head, will storm the stages from Mountain View, CA on July 29 through St. Paul, MN on August 5.

Several other bands will play one show each:  

7/14 in Mansfield, MA - New American Metal pioneers Killswitch Engage

7/15 in Sayreville, NJ - E TOWN CONCRETE, This is Hell

7/16 in Camden, NJ - Vision Of Disorder (VOD)

7/17 in Columbia, MD - Municipal Waste and Dog Fashion Disco

8/10 in Vancouver, Canada - 3 Inches of Blood  

Event organizers are Paul Conroy and Carl Severson of Ferret Music, Tim Borror, Larry Mazer of Entertainment Services and House of Blues welcomes tour sponsors Ibanez and Tama; joining tour sponsors, Music Choice Television, Jagermeister, Hot Topic, as well as label partners Trustkill, Metal Blade and Prosthetic Records along with Revolver Magazine, The Syndicate, Eulogy Records, Digitalmetal.com, Lambgoat.com, Chaos and Download Punk.

 Stay tuned as additional special guests will be announced soon.

 www.soundsoftheundergroundtour.com

2006 SOTU tour dates in its entirety are as follows:
Sounds of the Underground:
7/08 – Cleveland, OH – Plain Dealer Pavilion – W/ Horse the Band
7/09 – Chicago, IL – 1st Midwest Bank Amp. Parking Lot – W/ Converge, Horse the Band
7/11 – Toronto, ON – Molson Amphitheatre - W/ Converge, Horse the Band
7/12 – Montreal, QC – Metropolis – As I Lay Dying, In Flames, Trivium, GWAR, CC, TERROR, Black Dahlia Murder, (Converge, Horse the Band - both not on)
 ONLY
7/13 – Poughkeepsie, NY – Mid Hudson Civic Center - W/ Converge, Horse the Band
7/14 – Mansfield, MA – Tweeter Center Parking Lot – w/ Kill Switch Engage, Converge, Horse the Band
7/15 – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom Outside - W/ Converge, Horse the Band, This is Hell
7/16 – Camden, NJ – Tweeter Waterfront – W/ Vision Of Disorder, Converge, Horse the Band
7/17 –Columbia, MD– Merryweather Pavilion – W/ Converge, Municipal Waste, Dog Fashion Disco, Horse the Band
7/19 – Orlando, FL – Tinker Field – W/ Horse the Band
7/21 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theatre W/ Horse the Band
7/22 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete St Amphitheatre  W/ Horse the Band
7/23 – San Antonio, TX – Verizon Wireless Amp Parking Lot  W/ Horse the Band
7/26 – Mesa, AZ – Mesa Amphitheatre – W/ Shadows Fall, It Dies Today, Still Remains, Job for a Cowboy
7/27 – Las Vegas, NV – House of Blues – As I Lay Dying, I n Flames, TRIV, GWAR, CC, TERROR, Black Dahlia Murder, (Job for a Cowboy - not on the show) ONLY
7/28 – San Diego, CA – Soma – W/ Shadows Fall, It Dies Today, Still Remains, Job for a Cowboy
7/29 – Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amp. Parking Lot – W/ Machine Head, Job for a Cowboy
7/31 – Denver, CO – City Lights Pavilion – W/ Machine Head
8/02 – Sauget, IL – Pop’s Outside – W/ Machine Head
8/03 – Clarkston, MI – DTE Energy Music Theatre – W/ Machine Head
8/04 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom – W/ Machine Head
8/05 – Minneapolis, MN – Roy Wilkins Auditorium – W/ Machine Head
8/06 – Winnipeg, MB – Convention Centre
8/07 – Saskatoon, SK – Credit Union Center
8/08 – Edmonton, AB – Northlands Agricom
8/10 – Vancouver, BC – The PNE Forum W/ Three Inches Of Blood
8/12 – Los Angeles, CA – Gibson Universal Amphitheatre